Texas Tech University Athletics
Saturday, October 29
Lubbock, TX
10 AM/11 AM
Texas Tech Athletics
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Big 12 Championships
Texas Tech Cross Country Prepared for Big 12 Championship at Rawls Course
October 28, 2016 | Cross Country
Saturday marks the second Big 12 Cross Country Championship hosted by Texas Tech at the Rawls Golf Course since 2007
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Cross Country hopes to use its home course advantage on Saturday to achieve top times across the board at the Big 12 Championship.
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Texas Tech is encouraging fans to arrive early Saturday morning for the Big 12 Cross Country Championship at the Rawls Course. The women's 6,000-meter run is set to begin at 10 a.m. and the men's 8,000-meter run is scheduled to follow at 11 a.m. Parking shuttles will begin running from the S-1 lot to the Rawls Course starting at 9 a.m. and will run through the conclusion of the event.
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The Red Raiders will be competing against two top-15 men's teams and three top-20 women's teams to earn top spots in the meet. Â
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Senior Jocelyn Caro strives to be named All-Big 12 for the second consecutive year while junior Miguel Bautista and senior Benard Keter look to earn their first All-Big 12 honors. All three Red Raiders have earned Big 12 Runner of the Week honors this season and have pushed to achieve new personal-best times in every competition thus far.
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Texas Tech's winningest years at the Big 12 Championship were in 2008-2010 where the women's team achieved first-place honors in three consecutive years.
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Former Texas Tech Cross Country standout Sally Kipyego holds the course record on the women's side with a time of 19:22.5 from 2007 when Texas Tech last hosted the Big 12 Championship. The men's course record was achieved the same year by Colorado runner Brent Vaughn who finished in 24:22.3.
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In 2012 and 2013 Kennedy Kithuka snagged first-place individual finishes on the men's side at the Big 12 Championships in Waco and Austin, Texas.
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FloTrack.com will live-stream both races for fans to follow along both on-site at the Rawls Course and at home.
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Texas Tech is encouraging fans to arrive early Saturday morning for the Big 12 Cross Country Championship at the Rawls Course. The women's 6,000-meter run is set to begin at 10 a.m. and the men's 8,000-meter run is scheduled to follow at 11 a.m. Parking shuttles will begin running from the S-1 lot to the Rawls Course starting at 9 a.m. and will run through the conclusion of the event.
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The Red Raiders will be competing against two top-15 men's teams and three top-20 women's teams to earn top spots in the meet. Â
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Senior Jocelyn Caro strives to be named All-Big 12 for the second consecutive year while junior Miguel Bautista and senior Benard Keter look to earn their first All-Big 12 honors. All three Red Raiders have earned Big 12 Runner of the Week honors this season and have pushed to achieve new personal-best times in every competition thus far.
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Texas Tech's winningest years at the Big 12 Championship were in 2008-2010 where the women's team achieved first-place honors in three consecutive years.
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Former Texas Tech Cross Country standout Sally Kipyego holds the course record on the women's side with a time of 19:22.5 from 2007 when Texas Tech last hosted the Big 12 Championship. The men's course record was achieved the same year by Colorado runner Brent Vaughn who finished in 24:22.3.
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In 2012 and 2013 Kennedy Kithuka snagged first-place individual finishes on the men's side at the Big 12 Championships in Waco and Austin, Texas.
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FloTrack.com will live-stream both races for fans to follow along both on-site at the Rawls Course and at home.
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